Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > Hello All, > > I am a third year computer science student and I'm the process of > selection for my final year project. > > One option that was thought up was the idea of implement my own version > of the python interpreter (I'm referring to CPython here). Either as a > process running on another OS or as a process running directly on the CPU. > > Now, I can't seem to find a decent source of information on the python > interpreter. I have made the assumption that Python works very much like > Java, you have code that is compiled into bytecode, which is then > executed in a virtual machine. IS this correct? Is there a good source > to give me an overview of Python internals? (I can look at the code, but > I would find it easier to understand if I can see the "big picture" as > well) > > Also, any pro's out there willing to chime on the feasibility of > implementing python to run directly on the hardware (without an > underlying OS)? I don't expect 100% compatibility, but would the basics > (branching, looping, arithmatic) be feasible? > > Thank you, > > > Ognjen
FWIW... There are several other implementations of Python: IronPython (.Net) Jython (Java) PyPy (Python) <http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/home.html> You might find working on one of them interesting, or maybe even CPython itself. -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
